Goldiemaree Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 What did I find? I was walking along the coast of Mississippi during a full moon and the tide at its lowest the night after a storm. Best time to look for cool stuff that's been churned up 🤗 However I've never came across anything that looks like this... I've looked for hours online and can't iD it. It is hard like rock but can break as you see the very top is missing. It is 1 5/8 " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 (edited) Looks like a fish spine to Me. But You should wait for those more knowledgeable in fish things than Me. Tony PS WElcome to TFF!! Edited May 26, 2016 by ynot Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Glad you didn't step on it, that would hurt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 I agree with Tony that it is a fish spine. Marco Sr. "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldiemaree Posted May 26, 2016 Author Share Posted May 26, 2016 Never crossed my mind to search fish spines. I was hoping it was my first shark tooth Well giving the color and hardness is it at least a fossilized fish spine?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 It does appear to be fossilized. But it is hard to make that determination from a picture. Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Ouch!... You just reminded me of a painful accident that happened to me in Mississippi about 35 years ago. While walking barefoot on the beach, I got one of those stuck deep in the heel of my foot. I'm pretty sure that is the dorsal spine from a channel catfish. http://www.google.com/search?q=spine+channel+cat&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1&tbm=isch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Never crossed my mind to search fish spines. I was hoping it was my first shark tooth Well giving the color and hardness is it at least a fossilized fish spine?! Modern fish spines would be very light weight, somewhat flexible, and might still have a smell if held very close to the nose. Marco Sr. "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mar2man22 Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 I think that may be a horseshoe crab tail. Ive seen them lots around SC but im not sure if they live around Mississipi. If it is fossilized, it would still make sense because those things are just about living fossils themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Definitely not horseshoe crab, to small and wrong shape. Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 For comparison: 1 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/41199-triangular-tapering-bone/ " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Another for fish spine and I agree with Tony, definitely not horseshoe crab. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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